DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z October 6, 2022
SMOKE: Western Canada, Southern Canada, Pacific Northwest, Northern Plains…. A large area of light density smoke with some areas of moderate to localized high density smoke, from the ongoing fires over the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, was extending from portions of western Canada, the Pacific Northwest of the United States through southern Canada to the Northern Plains of the United States Within this area of smoke, several areas of moderate density smoke were seen with those being over areas of Oregon, Washington and southern British Columbia. Moderate or potentially high density smoke may be also likely over southern region of the Northwest Territories bordering northern Alberta but cloud cover progressed over this region. Some localized high density smoke was also seen near the ongoing fire activity. Southern United States…. An area of mostly light density smoke from fires throughout much of the region was seen extending from the Southern Plains east along the Gulf Coast and northern Gulf of Mexico to offshore the Southeast United States coast off of Florida. Nguyen THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov